Online retail

COVID 19 lockdown non-essential Online retail

April 15, 2020

The government has issued a statement confirming that online retail during lockdown is “encouraged” amid confusion about non-essential goods. Retailers including Amazon and Asos have been heavily criticised for keeping…

Online retail sales dropped 10 per cent in July as pubs and restaurants opened triggering “a shift in spending patterns amongst consumers”.

Kantar: Online retail sales will top $1 trillion next year

ecommerce Kantar Online retail Retail IQ

January 29, 2020

Online retail sales will surpass $1 trillion in 2021 for the first time, growing four times faster than offline sales. The global online retail market grow 4.8 per cent to…

Tuesday is the most lucrative day of the week for ecommerce retailers seeing the highest percentage of conversion rates.

Number of ecommerce retailers has tripled since 2013

courier ecommerce GrowthDeck Online retail

January 20, 2020

The online retail sector has seen the number of news businesses triple over the past five years, seeing more growth than any other business sector. The number of new online…

Over 9000 online retailers in financial “distress”

Begbies Traynor Online retail returns

December 24, 2019

More than 9000 online retailers are suffering from significant financial “distress” as the retail storm which has dogged the high street this year spreads to companies without physical stores. Online…

Black Friday scams are becoming more “sophisticated” with nearly a quarter of 18 to 34-year olds stating they’d fallen victim to fraud on the day.

Black Friday 2019 to see slowest growth on record “and may potentially even be completely flat”

Christmas ecommerce IMRG Online retail

November 14, 2019

Asos Boohoo European retail sales Moody's Online retail

Black Friday and Christmas trading peaks are unlikely to save online retail sales for the year coming significantly below expectations. IMRG predicted at the start of 2019 that the online…

European retail growth will remain “sluggish” thanks to ecommerce

Industry

October 1, 2019

Online retail growth is set to dampen overall retail growth across Europe over the next year, according to a new report from financial giant Moody’s. Moody’s annual European retail sector…

Online retail sales see biggest fall since 2015

ecommerce Office for National Statistics Online retail ONS retail sales

September 19, 2019

bots ecommerce imperva Online retail security

Online retail sales volumes in August saw the biggest monthly fall since 2015, leading to an unexpected decline in overall retail sales in the UK. “Non-store” retailing, predominantly online shopping,…

Ecommerce retailers see more than 30 per cent of their traffic come from bots, as automated attacks on online retailers become more sophisticated.

30% of all ecommerce traffic comes from bots

Ecommerce News Security

September 19, 2019

ecommerce Online retail RPC UK

Ecommerce retailers see more than 30 per cent of their traffic come from bots, as automated attacks on online retailers become more sophisticated. Bot’s account for a staggering percentage of…

UK online retail sales grew 16% to £8.2bn over last year

Ecommerce Industry

August 5, 2019